# Dot in field name
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dot-in-field-name/79069
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 17, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dot-in-field-name/79069 "2017-03-17T17:29:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@123avi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/123avi)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dot-in-field-name/79069/1 "2017-03-17T17:29:40Z")
I start using 5.2.2
I am adding documents with dot in field name i.e
> im.name , im.type
> looking at this mapping :
> "im":{
> "properties":{
> "name":{"type": "text", "analyzer": "whitespace"},
> "type":{"type": "text", "analyzer": "whitespace"}
> }
> }
> why the im doesn't have "object" type as described [here] ([Dots in field names | Elasticsearch Guide [2.4] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.4/dots-in-names.html))
> ?
> how can I get all fields key set ?
> e.g im.name , im.type ...
> if I query the properties field I am getting just the first level key set (im)
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dot-in-field-name/79069/2 "2017-03-17T17:45:49Z")
It's not needed actually but it is an object.
I don't understand the last question though. Example?
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### Author:  [@123avi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/123avi)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dot-in-field-name/79069/3 "2017-03-17T18:32:57Z")
Thank you @dadoonet , I guess you are right. only objects have "properties" correct ?. as for my second question , if I have the following mapping:
"properties": {
"name": { "type": "text" },
"article": {
"properties": {
"id": { "type": "text" },
"title": { "type": "text"},
"abstract": { "type": "text"},
"author": {
"properties": {
"id": { "type": "text" },
"name": { "type": "text" }
}}}} } }
**is it possible to get all fields full name ?**
like this:
> name,
> article.id ,
> article.title ,
> article.abstract ,
> article.author.id,
> article.author.name
thanks
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dot-in-field-name/79069/4 "2017-03-17T19:20:50Z")
> [@123avi](#):
>
> is it possible to get all fields full name ?
Very sorry but I don't understand what you mean here. May be someone else?
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### Author:  [@123avi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/123avi)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dot-in-field-name/79069/5 "2017-03-17T20:09:04Z")
simply I want to get a list of all fields
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dot-in-field-name/79069/6 "2017-03-17T20:23:15Z")
```
GET index/_mapping
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dot-in-field-name/79069/7 "2017-04-14T20:23:19Z")
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